Articles Written by Alumni

The FLEX program is pleased to announce the winners of the FLEX 20th Anniversary competitions, the Share Your FLEX Story and $20 Challenge.  FLEX...

Nadezhda Abashina ’11 Cheboksary, Russia/Staunton, IL As a former FLEX city representative, I’ve participated in a lot of projects, but there will always be that one...

As in summers before, on June 23, 2013 the Iacocca Institute at Lehigh University opened its doors to 107 interns from 52 countries to attend a unique program Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't become a FLEX alumnus. I probably would have ended up a migrant worker in Russia, working with my cousins in a construction company or earning a living as a taxi driver.

Monsoon, yoga, Ghandi,  curry  and spicy foods, 200% humidity level, monkeys walking in the city center, elephants, holy cows in the middle of highway roads, festivals, spontaneous temples, Taj Mahal, basmati rice, unbelievable traffic,

Abdulvahhob Muminjoniyon ’09 Dushanbe, Tajikistan/Houston, TX “A place for talented young people to work, learn and grow together“ In 2012,  FLEX alumnus from Tajikistan Muminjoniyon Abdulvahhob ’09 becomes...

Tatyana Movshevich '04 Derzhinsk, Russia and London, England/Blandon, PA Before moving to Thailand, I had never lived in a developing country apart from my own.  Having...

Elene Chumburidze ‘09 Tbilisi, Georgia/Lake Station, IN "The Vagina Monologues" is an internationally acclaimed play created by Eve Ensler in 1996. On the 26th of June, 2013 for...

Kemel Toktomushev '04 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan/Pensacola, FL Here we go. I am sitting in a small airport in Florida waiting for the boarding call to catch a...

Maria Semina ‘05 Yekaterinburg, Russia/Westlake, LA On June 7-9, 2013 I attended an interesting and educational event on the topic of animal welfare. More than twenty...